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Continental allows employees to save overtime up for early retirement
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Hannover--Continental AG has introduced a voluntary scheme in which employees can work unpaid overt…

Conti asks the public about winter driving
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Hannover-Continental has sponsored a survey into motorists' concerns about winter driving. The stud…

Yokohama establish high-pressure hose assembly unit in China
Added: 22 Nov 2004
TOKYO (Nov. 19)--Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to open a high-pressure hose/couplings assembly pla…

California tightens the screw on emissions
Added: 19 Nov 2004
California--New rules on fuel composition being discussed in California may affect water craft and …

Malaysia confirms commitment to rubber industry
Added: 19 Nov 2004
Kuala Lumpur--Dr Wan Abdul Rahaman Wan Yaacob, deputy director-general of Malaysia's Rubber Board (…

Yokohama Rubber confirms plan to double Thai tyre plant capacity
Added: 19 Nov 2004
TOKYO (Nov. 18)--Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is going ahead with a previously announced expansion at i…

Bridgestone rubber restores dolphin's tail
Added: 19 Nov 2004
Okinawa, Japan--Bridgestone scientists have developed a carbon-fibre-reinforced rubber tail for an…

Pirelli shows off calendar in Rio
Added: 19 Nov 2004
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--Pirelli is introducing its 2005 calendar at the Copacabana Fort in Rio. Th…

Michelin ramps up Russian tyre plant
Added: 18 Nov 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Paris-Groupe Michelin is to triple production at its pass…

Moody's upgrades Bridgestone debt rating
Added: 17 Nov 2004
London--Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Bridgestone Corp.'s senior unsecured rating to A3 fr…

Conti hiking commercial and OTR tyre prices
Added: 17 Nov 2004
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 16)--Continental Tire North America Inc. is raising prices, effective Jan. 1,…

IISRP names international president
Added: 17 Nov 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Houston, Texas- Dr Igor Goldberg, managing director of Ef…

AFICEP announces IRC 2006 in Lyons, from 16-18 May
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Paris--AFICEP, has announced dates for the International Rubber Conference in 2006. The dates are 1…

Security of RFID challenged: Michelin comments
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Skokie, Illinois--RFID continues to occupy the minds of the tyre industry. This time it is security…

China to build two roads linking Beijing, Tianjin
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Beijing--Local reports indicate that Beijing has announced the construction of two expressways to l…

October car sales in China are 10 percent down on 2003
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Beijing--Sales and production of passenger cars in China were down on both the previous month and o…

Freudenberg will expand eastward
Added: 15 Nov 2004
By Klaus-Dieter Flörecke
WEINHEIM, Germany -- Freudenberg will expand its production in eastern Eur…

Car makers don't agree on tyre pressure technology
Added: 15 Nov 2004
By Alex Ricciuti
Automotive News Europe / November 15, 2004
Suppliers are preparing for explosive gro…

China may curb foreign ownership of tyre factories
Added: 15 Nov 2004
Beijing--A story in the English-language version of the People's Daily in China says Beijing is pre…

Pirelli plans to divest energy, telecoms cables businesses, build car tyre plant in Romania
Added: 12 Nov 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Milan, Italy- Pirelli & C SpA has revealed a strategy that will see it put i…